Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature

• Germany
• Mid Century Modernism

The Publicity of Radio Free Berlin, Text by Franz-Hermann Wills, 1966

The transformation of Radio Free Berlin's publicity from dark and provincial to striking and imaginative. Cultural announcements and radio programs designed by Hans Förtsch, Sigrid von Baumgarten, and Reinhart Braun

Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

• Switzerland
• Mid Century Modernism, International Typographic Style (Swiss Style)

Max Huber. Swiss Graphic Designer | 1919 – 1992

Max Huber was born in 1919 in Switzerland. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Zurich where he excelled in graphic design and photography.  Huber worked across advertising, packaging, design and industrial design. He had a distinctive style that skillfully blended bright hues with photomontage.

Designer Interview

Designers and Books Series – Sébastien Hayez

I have been reproached for this, and I will surely be reproached again. I have also been reproached for reading more and more obscure works whose readership must be limited to a handful of specialists and a few hobbyists like myself. It’s a heavy passion or a passion that sucks.